About the Anoka County WorkForce Center

The Minnesota WorkForce Center - Anoka County works in collaboration with key partners to make sure that area job seekers find employment and training and area businesses find the skilled workers they need.

Here you'll find information about our partners, the services they provide, and the council that sets our priorities for workforce development.

Anoka County Workforce Development Board

The Anoka County Workforce Development Board, in cooperation with the Anoka County Board of Commissioners, is responsible for the oversight of workforce development programs in Anoka County. More information about the Workforce Development Board can be found on its website.

Partners and Services

The Minnesota WorkForce Center - Anoka County is a partnership that brings together state, county, and non-profit agencies in one location to provide comprehensive job seeker and business services.

Partners

Select from the links below for more information about each of the partner organizations here at the WorkForce Center.

The Dislocated Worker Program is an employment and training program to help workers who have been laid off through no fault of their own find new jobs as quickly as possible.

The program offers financial support for full- and part-time training to eligible participants. Other services include vocational counseling, career and job seeking workshops, mileage reimbursement, and other support services in emergency situations.

The Dislocated Worker Program of Anoka County is recruiting people who need financial assistance to return to school.

You MUST be a dislocated worker to qualify. If you were laid off from your last full-time permanent job (where you worked at least 6 months) due to economic reasons AND are eligible for OR have exhausted unemployment benefits in the last 6 months, you MAY be a dislocated worker.

Anoka County Empowers Youth Program provide employment and training opportunities to out-of-school residents of Anoka County ages 16 to 24 and in-school residents ages 14 to 24.

Anoka County Empowers Program emphasize services to out-of-school and disconnected young adults, high school dropout recovery and attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials. It prepares vulnerable young job seekers for successful employment.